Travel Blogs from Creve Coeur

... it on in the pool. It didn't take long for the pool staff to catch them drinking alcohol at the pool and it turned out they had sneaked in pretending to have a room - the manager came out & moved them on out. It clearly stated on the pool rules sign next to us, NO food & drink poolside, It was like being kids ourselves & hiding what we were upto. So many staff about, and trying to discretely hide our lunch from their view. The sun ...

... just 500 miles, and the reward was great at the end of the road: home.

Mark took the first shift driving. We considered stopping at Catoosa, OK, to see the Blue Whale, an old Route 66 attraction, but we didn’t, because we wanted to get home. We saw the Blue Whale in 2009, harkening back to more innocent attractions: a simple whale with a wide smile and a large tail that served as a dive platform into ...

... fairly small so it is easy to have a quick jaunt around downtown. We were disappointed not to get over to the Gateway Arch but this was due to construction works to improve the park area of the monument. It was open but it was too much hassle trying to find a way across the busy network of interstates. You have to remember that in the US the car comes first, pedestrians are an ...

... amazing, and it’s enhanced by the extensive (acres and acres) and incredible landscaping around the buildings. There are very few straight lines in these buildings – you notice the ark-like roofs first, but the walls also curve gently. The curves, combined with the wood, stone and copper exterior, create a very organic feel. It’s quite beautiful. Next time hopefully I’ll get inside!

Blake and Charis also have tickets so we decide to go together, we arrived back at the botanical gardens and my goodness what a difference to this afternoon, its absolutely choccas, people everywhere. Blake drops us off and goes to park the car. On entering the gardens it is so stunning, all the lanterns, which some are huge almost on stages, are all hand made, apparently the Chinese arrived 6 weeks before the display to ...